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Post Traumatic Race Discrimination Stress Syndrome

This was an old essay l wrote about a year and a half ago. Still today racial injustices occur a on a daily basis, often unreported.. [Okay, for the last 16 weeks since the death of Breonna Taylor, the black community throughout the U.S. has been put on edge. Widespread discussion has been on PTSD, especially on war veterans. What about those witnessing police brutality and especially those who survived beatings? Post Traumatic Race Discrimination Stress Syndrome (PTRDSS) is a reality. Children watching Ahmaud Arbery getting ruthlessly shot to death without cause will be having to go through therapy for years, perhaps for the rest of their life. Parents don't know what to do. "Is Daddy going to be shot or beaten or smothered, as in the case of George Floyd, by a police officer? Will Daddy get picked up or bullied by a police officer? Do white parents of white children have these concerns? I have seen white and mixed race wives, husbands and couples worry sleepless about their